How does McVay fix this?

[Flint]

McVay has gotten quite a bit of criticism after the SB for not adjusting to what the Pats were doing, so how does this get fixed?
In the Bears, Eagles, and Pats games the Rams didn’t, or couldn’t, run the ball and stuck with the tight formations that turned the games into slugfests. Everybody has in opinion on what to do but this is clearly a trend.
Do the rams even have a OC or is it just McVay? Clearly there are issues getting plays in as well as making adjustments. Calling your own plays is something that not many coaches do well but no one knows this offense like McVay does.

 

[Dodgersrf]

I believe the lack of experiance can't be understated here.

Last year we lost to ATL at home in the 1st rnd. This year we beat a good Dallas team at Home, then go to a hostile NO and win.
Going against Billacheat with 2 weeks to prepare against us isnt easy.
Im sure McVay will look at this game and experiance and learn from it.

 

[RamWoodie]

The first fix is to help Goff to read blitzes and recognize where his pressure is coming from. This is clearly a weakness on his part...OR...McVays system doesn't allow Goff to have hot reads or sight adjustments.

McVay is calling plays in to Goff up until 15 seconds. I wonder what can Goff do when he sees the play isn't gonna work based on the defense. You only have 3 timeouts...something has to change so that Goff can get out of bad plays.

Now.. I'm not sure that's the case...but based on what I see....IT SURE LOOKS THAT WAY!

 

[Flint]

The first fix is to help Goff to read blitzes and recognize where his pressure is coming from. This is clearly a weakness on his part...OR...McVays system doesn't allow Goff to have hot reads or sight adjustments.

McVay is calling plays in to Goff up until 15 seconds. I wonder what can Goff do when he sees the play isn't gonna work based on the defense. You only have 3 timeouts...something has to change so that Goff can get out of bad plays.

Now.. I'm not sure that's the case...but based on what I see....IT SURE LOOKS THAT WAY!

I heard that the Pats were switching their defense at the last second and Romo was speculating that the Rams weren’t coming to the line til late to keep the Pats from communicating which didn’t seem to matter. People are saying the Pats were switching defense very late and when the qb is turning his back on play action you can see how it caused uncertainty. The one thing that everyone seems to agree on is the Rams need some variety in formation. Have Goff drop straight back or in shotgun, go uptempo or quicksnap.

 

[yrba1]

The one thing that everyone seems to agree on is the Rams need some variety in formation

This, the lack of reps to utilize Everett and Higbee in 12-personnel sets bothered me a lot throughout the season and made the play action more potent. Would've gave us better blocking and running lanes against good defenses. Our 11-personnel offense is arguably the best but it can neutralized in the hands of a good gameplanner; hope McVay spends the offseason diversifying our offense to combat flaws in our bread and butter

 

[Adi]

I think its lack of experience, most of the team underperformed on offense .
I think this team has the players to win it all next year, mcvay needed some humble pie .

He needs a plan B and C to get the offense going when they struggle

 

[bomebadeeda]

Tempo helps get the defense back on it's heels. But it puts your defense back on the field quickly. In the super bowl, we were already losing the TOP to New England. I think it was something McVay did to help the defense. We were only a play away for most of the game from tying or going ahead and they didn't feel a change in strategy was needed until it became too late.

 

[ramfan46]

He needs quick hitters to beat 5 and 6 man rushes. The screen game disappeared and I was sure he was saving a few for man coverage beaters.

 

[Flint]

Tempo helps get the defense back on it's heels. But it puts your defense back on the field quickly. In the super bowl, we were already losing the TOP to New England. I think it was something McVay did to help the defense. We were only a play away for most of the game from tying or going ahead and they didn't feel a change in strategy was needed until it became too late.

Cooks was open for a while, it was like Goff didn’t trust what he was seeing and didn’t want to make a mistake in that area of the field. Add to that the o line troubles and it’s no wonder Goff had troubles.
The Rams run more play action than anyone and Goff has to turn his back when he does that which gives less time to read the d which was different than it was pre snap.

 

[…..]

He fixes it by calling a better offensive game.

It’s the mad scientists kryptonite, feeling like you can impose your will instead adjusting your focus.

 

[Spider2YB]

I mean he coulda just given the best offensive player the ball more than 10 times. Unless Gurley’s leg was on the verge of major injury, I strongly believe that if he gets 20-25 touches, the Rams win the game. They were 9-0 this year when he touched it 20 times.

Aside from that there seemed to be a lack of imagination. No screen game. Very few deep shots.

 

[Mackeyser]

No.

We need two things.

1) McVay needs to be more flexible with using 11 and 12 sets. His focus locks him into a general frame set that good DCs can exploit.

2) McVay has to remember why the ZBS works and that’s speed to the edge. If Gurley isn’t 100% speed wise, then the ZBS will struggle with interior vertical pressure. If that means continuing to run jet sweeps to keep the pressure off, then do that, but the interior HAS to Ben moving horizontally or the ZBS can and does get defeated.

Bonus, Kupp is our Edelman, our best guy to defeat man coverage so I’m certain that McVay will scheme better on the future to better deal with man coverage.

 

[Poppinfresh]

Sean's got to get out of his own head.

He's the NFL coaching equivalent to the girl who is told all her life how she's the most beautiful creature to ever walk the earth and, when she sets out on her own, she's become a high maintenance terror that expects the world to kiss her feet.

He's been hearing what a genius he is for so long that he's started buying into his own hype, and has a set of blinders on to recognize when his genius isn't working in a given day and adjust to something he hadn't planned on doing. As the year dragged on, the strategies became more and more outside the norm. He was fortunate that the team had enough talent to win on that alone during the regular season (let's be honest, we were saved more than once by a strip-sack, which is one of the rarest plays in football and not something you can typically count on), but when it mattered most against a team with real discipline...no dice.

Like, it's good that he goes into every presser and takes the blame when the team loses, but at some point he has to actually act on the things he claims he's learned.

 

[Ellard80]

How to handle the blitz....

Either he isn't communicating or teaching correctly or Goff isn't seeing the field right.. but blitzing us is effective (see the INT Goff threw with 4:17 left in the game).

Sorry.. but knowing what I know about both men - I think Goff being inexperienced is likely more the issue.

 

[Mojo Ram]

He needs quick hitters to beat 5 and 6 man rushes.

I was commenting on this as far back as being 8-0 when the offense was really rolling. I think there's a problem here.

The Rams have looked decent enough to me in picking up the average blitz (5 man rush) but they HAVE NOT handled the zero blitz very well at all IMO in terms of being prepared(which is weird) or executing a hot read to get positive yards and avoid a situation where it looks to me like Goff doesn't really know where to go with a quick pass or if we even have the proper hot routes being run. I feel like our offense rarely makes a defense pay when they send the overloaded blitz.

I understand that jailbreak blitzes are supposed to be tough on QB's, but i've seen much lesser caliber offenses handle it better than we have.

 

[snackdaddy]

One thing we don't want to do is knee jerk react. Not so much here but I've seen fans in other forums say they shouldn't extend Goff and start looking for his replacement the next couple years. I feel like that would be a huge mistake.

A 24 year old quarterback who's been among the top 5 in most stats the past two years. And even higher up in wins. Not to mention playing pretty well on the road in the NFC Championship game and getting his team to the Superbowl.

This is more than just a one and done team. This team is built for several deep playoff runs. And Jared Goff will be at the center of it. I know he didn't play well but that in no way diminishes what he accomplished for me.

McVay and Goff already know what it takes to win in the regular season. They also know what it takes to win in the playoffs. They will know what it takes to win the Superbowl next time. I firmly believe that.

 

[Mojo Ram]

I suppose Goff primarily working from behind Center and the PA game could have something to do with the trouble we have vs the overload blitz. Less time to react.
It is easier to read and hit the hot route in shotgun. Still, i feel like our O doesn't even anticipate the monster blitz coming a lot of the time. I mean, i'm just a fan on my couch and i've smelled it coming many times.

Yet Goff will run our bread n butter motion PA drop back stuff and act surprised he's got no pocket and no one to throw to.

 

[Mojo Ram]

Sean's got to get out of his own head.

He's the NFL coaching equivalent to the girl who is told all her life how she's the most beautiful creature to ever walk the earth and, when she sets out on her own, she's become a high maintenance terror that expects the world to kiss her feet.

He's been hearing what a genius he is for so long that he's started buying into his own hype, and has a set of blinders on to recognize when his genius isn't working in a given day and adjust to something he hadn't planned on doing. As the year dragged on, the strategies became more and more outside the norm. He was fortunate that the team had enough talent to win on that alone during the regular season (let's be honest, we were saved more than once by a strip-sack, which is one of the rarest plays in football and not something you can typically count on), but when it mattered most against a team with real discipline...no dice.

Is this really your take? I mean come on dude....
I'll refrain from some adjectives that come to mind when reading stuff like this.

 

[coconut]

Sean's got to get out of his own head.

He's the NFL coaching equivalent to the girl who is told all her life how she's the most beautiful creature to ever walk the earth and, when she sets out on her own, she's become a high maintenance terror that expects the world to kiss her feet.

He's been hearing what a genius he is for so long that he's started buying into his own hype, and has a set of blinders on to recognize when his genius isn't working in a given day and adjust to something he hadn't planned on doing. As the year dragged on, the strategies became more and more outside the norm. He was fortunate that the team had enough talent to win on that alone during the regular season (let's be honest, we were saved more than once by a strip-sack, which is one of the rarest plays in football and not something you can typically count on), but when it mattered most against a team with real discipline...no dice.

Like, it's good that he goes into every presser and takes the blame when the team loses, but at some point he has to actually act on the things he claims he's learned.

Shoot, he'll fix that.

 

[jrry32]

I don't think much needs fixing when you make the Super Bowl.